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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/beraną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti, from *bʰer-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbe.rɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*beraną
- to carry, to bear
Inflection
Conjugation of *beraną (strong class 4)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *berō | *beraų | — | *berai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *birizi | *beraiz | *ber | *berazai | *beraizau |
| 3rd singular | *biridi | *berai | *beradau | *beradai | *beraidau |
| 1st dual | *berōz | *beraiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *beradiz | *beraidiz | *beradiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *beramaz | *beraim | — | *berandai | *beraindau |
| 2nd plural | *birid | *beraid | *birid | *berandai | *beraindau |
| 3rd plural | *berandi | *berain | *berandau | *berandai | *beraindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *bar | *bērį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *bart | *bērīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *bar | *bērī | |||
| 1st dual | *bērū | *bērīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *bērudiz | *bērīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *bērum | *bērīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *bērud | *bērīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *bērun | *bērīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *berandz | *buranaz | |||
Derived terms
- *atberaną
- *fraberaną
- *gaberaną
- *uzberaną
Related terms
- *barną
- *bēriz
- *burdiz, *burþiz
- *burjaną
- *burjô
- *burô
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *beran
- Old English: beran, beoran
- Middle English: beren, beoren, bearen, baren
- English: bear
- Scots: bere, beir
- Yola: ber, baar
- Middle English: beren, beoren, bearen, baren
- Old Frisian: bera
- Saterland Frisian: bere
- West Frisian: barre
- Old Saxon: beran
- Middle Low German: beren, baren
- German Low German: böhren
- Westphalian:
- Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: buar'n
- Sauerländisch: ⇒ gebe̗ren
- Westmünsterländisch: bohrn
- Middle Low German: beren, baren
- Old Dutch: beran
- Middle Dutch: bēren
- Old High German: beran, peran
- Middle High German: bëren, bërn
- ⇒ German: gebären
- Alemannic German: beren
- Middle High German: bëren, bërn
- Old English: beran, beoran
- Old Norse: bera
- Icelandic: bera
- Faroese: bera
- Norn: bera
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bera
- Elfdalian: björo
- Westrobothnian: bera (< *bira)
- Old Swedish: bæra
- Swedish: bära
- Old Danish: bæræ
- Danish: bære
- Norwegian Bokmål: bære
- Danish: bære
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan)